Letter - Blunt: Cut the propaganda

11:04 PM,
Apr. 25, 2013

Written by

Jean Knapp

Sen. Roy Blunt is a former teacher. Given this fact, I expect him to demonstrate better understanding of facts.

Instead, he provides propaganda rather than factual information regarding the effects of Obamacare on the American people in his Voice of the Day piece on April 17 ("Prognosis for Obamacare act troubling"). I have researched several of his claims using the Politifact and Factcheck websites, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) filings and news articles and have found most of his claims are exaggerated, based on partial information, and some downright false, but adhere word for ...